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Challenges for Saudi Women

A CNN report examines women’s issues in Saudi Arabia. Run Time: 00:07:42

Paving the Way for Change

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interviews Manal al-Sharif during a drive in New York City about women’s issues in Saudi Arabia. Sharif was arrested last year for driving in the Kingdom after a video showing her experience behind the wheel went ‘viral.’ They talk about the driving incident, the guardianship system, and change and reform in Saudi [...]

Journey to Mecca: The Footsteps of Ibn Battuta

“Journey to Mecca is an award winning IMAX dramatic and documentary feature that tells the story of Ibn Battuta, the greatest explorer of the old world who traveled three times further than Marco Polo, following his first pilgrimage from Tangier to Mecca in the year 1325. Ibn Battuta’s perilous journey resonates with danger and adventure [...]

A Nuclear Iran: Amanpour – Part 3

Part 3 of Christiane Amanpour’s CNN special report on Iran’s nuclear program, titled, “A Nuclear Iran: The Expert Intel.” “What do we really know about the Iranian nuclear threat? Iran says it wants the right to have its peaceful nuclear program formally recognized. But from the outside, Iran has long given the impression it has [...]

A Nuclear Iran: Amanpour – Part 2

Part 2 of Christiane Amanpour’s CNN special report on Iran’s nuclear program, titled, “A Nuclear Iran: The Expert Intel.” “What do we really know about the Iranian nuclear threat? Iran says it wants the right to have its peaceful nuclear program formally recognized. But from the outside, Iran has long given the impression it has [...]

A Nuclear Iran: Amanpour – Part 1

Part 1 of Christiane Amanpour’s CNN special report on Iran’s nuclear program, titled, “A Nuclear Iran: The Expert Intel.” “What do we really know about the Iranian nuclear threat? Iran says it wants the right to have its peaceful nuclear program formally recognized. But from the outside, Iran has long given the impression it has [...]

Arab League Summit in Baghdad

Arab League leaders meeting in Iraq have called on the Syrian government to implement a UN-backed peace plan “immediately and completely”, as they met for a summit in the capital Baghdad. Nine heads of state and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were among those attending the opening of the summit in the former Republican Palace on [...]

The Arab Spring and the Arab Divide

AlJazeera – Inside Story – Has the Arab Spring widened the Arab divide? As the Arab League summit attends to regional concerns we ask if leaders are being forced to shift alliances. Has the Arab Spring further divided an already-fractured league? And with Syria at the forefront of disagreement, will the Arab states be forced [...]

“Desert Explorers” – Part 1 of Video Series “Distant Arabia”

We invite you to enjoy part 1 of the 12 part Distant Arabia video series courtesy of Selwa Press and Aramco Ex-Pats. Produced from footage shot by Tom Barger, this episode shows the life of a geological field party in the Rub Al-Khali in 1938. Four American geologists and a half dozen Saudi guides explore the eastern Rub’al-Khali [...]

Economic Outlook for the Middle East – Florence Eid on CNN

Arabia Monitor’s Florence Eid discusses her economic outlook for the Middle East.